Another Wilmington Relocated Statue: Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont
Another Wilmington Relocated Statue Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont President James Garfield is not the only personage whose statue was relocated in Wilmington. In 1884 Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont (his spelling) was memorialized by the dedication of statue in Washington, DC. The statue, by sculptor Launt Thompson, was erected in Washington's Pacific Circle, renamed Dupont Circle (the official DC spelling). Here it is in 1900 [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Dupont_Circle_1900.png]. A Washington Post column from 2015 gives more of the story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/before-there-was-a-fountain-in-dupont-circle-there-was-a-statue-an-ugly-one/2015/12/12/cbf0d08c-a04a-11e5-8728-1af6af208198_story.html In 1917 the statue was removed and transported to Wilmington, replaced by the more imposing fountain also commemorating Admiral Du Pont, designed by Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon. The statue now is a neighbor of mine. It marks the Tower Road entrance